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Pilbara Minerals in Western Australia is the most-shorted stock on the ASX.

More pain tipped for lithium stocks as rout takes hold

Brokers are warning that the nose dive in lithium prices is far from over, spelling more trouble for the ASX’s worst-performing mining companies.

  • Alex Gluyas
From lithium to Healius, investors are backing some of the ASX’s worst-performing stocks.

Investors hunt for diamonds among ASX dogs

With the new financial year kicking off, funds are busy hunting through the sharemarket’s bargain bin for oversold names, betting on a rebound.

  • Joshua Peach
Brian Kersmanc pictured at GQG’s headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida last week.

GQG slashes tech exposure, here’s where it’s buying next

Brian Kersmanc was the first analyst that star stockpicker Rajiv Jain hired for his new firm. He’s now co-managing all of GQG’s strategies which are pumping out near-40 per cent returns.

  • Alex Gluyas

June

Kris Webster (L) and Michael Poulsen of Canopy Investors.

Ex-Magellan stock pickers partner with Bennelong to launch new fund

Kris Webster and Michael Poulsen each spent more than a decade at the investment firm before finally setting up their own shop last year.

  • Joshua Peach
US stocks have rallied nearly 15 per cent this year.

Wall Street’s record rally built on ‘shaky foundations’

The AI-powered surge in the US sharemarket has lifted the S&P 500 by 32 per cent from its October lows, but equity strategists warn not everything is so rosy under the hood.

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  • Alex Gluyas
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New trial results from Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drug has sparked another ResMed sell-off.

ResMed sinks as drug trial sparks Ozempic-style sell-off

New results from Eli Lilly’s weight-loss treatment have traders reaching for the sell button, but analysts aren’t so sure.

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  • Joshua Peach
Oscar Oberg says the share price of G8 Education could surge 50 per cent in the next 12 to 24 months.

Wilson’s Oberg is tipping 50pc upside in this small-cap stock

Wilson Assets Management’s Oscar Oberg is bullish on Iress even as its share price has tanked. He also like G8 Education and reveals why he is looking to buy up retail stocks again.

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  • Joanne Tran
Andrew Creber, CEO of JPMorgan Asset Management, Australia and New Zealand says active investing is back.

‘Active’ a dirty word in investing circles, high fees an issue: JP Morgan

JP Morgan executive Andrew Creber argues active managers are on the cusp of a comeback but passive investor Betashares says ‘no chance’.

  • Michelle Bowes
Qoria, Gentrack Group and Bravura Solutions will enter the S&P/ASX All Technology Index later this month.

Three ASX tech darlings that just broke into the big leagues

The little-known small cap tech stocks are set to join ranks of better-known peers after all rallying more than 100 per cent in the past 12 months.

  • Joshua Peach
Chris Kourtis of Ellerston Capital has bought a stake in IDP Education.

Ellerston Capital snaps up IDP Education stake, hoping for rebound

The boutique fund manager’s Chris Kourtis told clients that the immigration restrictions weighing on the share price had created an “attractive entry point”.

  • Joshua Peach
SG Hiscock’s Rory Hunter.

A biotech boom for the ASX? This fundie thinks so

SG Hiscock’s Rory Hunter thinks CSL could “absolutely” hit $500, says biotechs are ripe for M&A, and reveals a hidden gem flying under the market’s radar.

  • Alex Gluyas
SG Hiscock portfolio manager Hamish Tadgell, Tribecca portfolio manager Jun Bei Liu and Simon Mawhinney of Allan

Buying the dip? Seven trashed ASX stocks fundies are snapping up

Lovisa, Worley and Orora are among the recent laggards that fund managers have been buying at – what they believe – are rare discounts.

  • Joshua Peach
Headwinds are starting to turn to tailwinds for the mining sector.

Forget banks, it’s time to start buying mining stocks

Money has flowed disproportionately to the big four and Wesfarmers, but headwinds are starting to turn into tailwinds for the resources sector.

  • Paul Taylor

May

The Greens are urging a tax on the big banks to fund cost-of-living relief in Victoria.

L1 Capital says banks pose risk to ASX, but it likes AGL

The Melbourne fund manager is warning that the dream run for retailers and the big banks will come to an end and weigh markets down.

  • Jonathan Shapiro
The ASX 200 bank index has surged nearly 10 per cent this year.

Why the big four banks keep wrong-footing the market

Investors are asking whether analysts jumped the gun by advising clients to sell bank stocks, as the lenders continue to defy bearish views on their valuations.

  • Alex Gluyas
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Six ASX stocks the AI bulls may have overlooked

A report from Morgan Stanley has shed light on the overlooked sectors on the ASX that could be set to benefit from the artificial intelligence revolution.

  • Joshua Peach
Gains in US tech stocks like Nvidia have propelled returns far ahead the ASX in the last 18 months.

Fund abandons ASX mandate to jump on US tech rally

Nathan Bell is upping his allocation to US stocks, saying the current price for some quality names on the ASX had reached “ridiculous” levels.

  • Joshua Peach
First Sentier’s Dawn Kanelleas is avoiding uranium stocks.

The ASX stocks fundies are avoiding – and what they’re backing instead

With the ASX 200 trading within 50 points of its record high on Monday, here’s what these fund managers think could be ripe for a re-rate.

  • Joshua Peach
VGI Partners founder Robert Luciano has sold down his stakes in two Regal-owned funds.

VGI founder Robert Luciano pulls millions from Regal-owned funds

The high-profile stock picker has sold stakes in the funds managed by Phil King after registering a new venture last month.

  • Joshua Peach
Alex Pollak, CIO at Loftus Peak.

Nvidia bulls are selling – here’s what one fundie is buying instead

The AI market darling is reporting earnings next week, following a jaw-dropping share price run in the last 18 months.

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  • Joshua Peach

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